Title

Obituary. W.M. Aldenhoven [art dealer].

Author

Author not identified

Source

Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney) 18 April 1831 - ongoing

Details

22 September 1923, p.16, col.4.

Publication date

22 September 1923

Type

Obituary

Language

English

Country of context

Australia

Web address

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Full text

OBITUARY.
W.M. ALDENHOVEN.

Mr. William Aldenhoven, who for more than 40 years carried on the business of an art dealer in Hunter-street at a point where his galleries looked straight down Elizabeth street, was found dead in his chair at 99 Elizabeth-street, by an office employee at 8.45 yesterday morning.

The previous evening he had telephoned to his wife at Coogee that ho might be home later on, but his absence did not cause alarm, as, when busy, he sometimes stayed at his quarters in town. His sudden death arose from blood-pressure, from which he had lately suffered. The Civil Ambulance removed the body to Sydney Hospital, where Dr. Harrison pronounced life extinct.

Mr. Aldenhoven, whose father was born in Holland, came to this country with an art collection a little after the middle 'Seventies. There bad been an eclipse of the sun about that time, and he travelled with illustrations of it, and delivered lectures on the phenomenon in many country centres before settling down to his new career. In the early days he carried on a lucrative business importing Continental paintings, of which be was a connoisseur, and he also bought local work from time to time. Artists who frequently supplied his galleries were Neville Cayley, Neville W. Cayley, Henri Tebbitt, Fred Elliott, and Sydney Cocks. Nearly three years ago he removed his business to the corner of King and Pitt streets, thence to 99 Elisabeth-street, facing the side entrance of the Supreme Court, and It was there he passed away.

Mr. Aldenhoven, who was of a very genial and emotional temperament, and naturally affectionate, was absolutely prostrated by grief at the sudden death of his intimate friend, John Ramsay, and knelt in the aisle of St. Stephen’s Church throughout the recent funeral service. The deceased, who was 67 years of ago, leaves a widow residing at Alexander-street, Coogee, and a married daughter, Mrs. C. Brown. The funeral will take place as notified in another column.

[Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney), 22 September 1923, p.16, col.4.